Hedge Fund Software Developer

Carlson Capital LP•Dallas, TX

21h•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated Front Office Application Developer to join our investment technology team supporting a long/short equity relative value investment platform. This individual will work closely with senior investment professionals, including the CIO, sector specialists, risk, operations, and technology teams to design, develop, and support critical front-office systems used in daily investment and portfolio management workflows. This is a highly visible role with direct exposure to the investment process and significant ownership opportunities across architecture, application development, integrations, analytics infrastructure, and business-critical tooling. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with practical experience supporting front-office investment workflows in a fast-paced buy-side or sell-side environment.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
5+ years of professional software development experience in financial services or investment technology environments
Strong understanding of equities markets and front-office investment workflows
Experience working with portfolio management systems (PMS), OMS/EOMS platforms, risk systems, or similar front-office platforms
Experience interacting directly with front-office users including portfolio managers, analysts, traders, or risk teams
Strong understanding of trade lifecycle, portfolio analytics, exposure management, and investment operations concepts
Strong C# /.NET development experience
Strong SQL development skills with experience in SQL Server
Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
Experience building distributed or event-driven applications
Experience troubleshooting and supporting production systems in business-critical environments
Strong understanding of application architecture and software design principles

Nice To Haves

Angular or modern web application development experience
Experience with Redis or similar messaging/caching technologies
Experience supporting near real-time analytics or portfolio monitoring systems
Familiarity with Python-based analytics environments
Experience integrating with market data providers and third-party financial systems such as CapIQ, S&P, Eze, broker research platforms, or similar vendors
Experience in buy-side or sell-side front-office technology environments

Responsibilities

Design, develop, maintain, and support the firm’s front-office portfolio management and analytics systems
Build scalable applications and services supporting portfolio construction, idea generation, exposure analysis, risk management, and investment workflows
Work directly with senior investment professionals to gather requirements and deliver solutions aligned with business needs
Architect and implement integrations between in-house systems and third-party platforms, market data providers, and research systems
Develop and maintain APIs and distributed services supporting internal applications and analytics infrastructure
Support near real-time portfolio analytics and investment monitoring workflows
Participate in system architecture decisions and contribute to the long-term evolution of the firm’s technology platform
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across application, database, and data integration layers
Optimize SQL queries, application performance, and data processing workflows
Collaborate with risk and analytics teams supporting Python-based analytics infrastructure
Contribute to operational stability during trading hours and respond to critical production incidents when required
Lead or independently execute technology projects from requirements gathering through deployment and support
Mentor junior developers and contribute to engineering best practices where appropriate